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What Not to do when leaving a company

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Re: What Not to do when leaving a company

#3
Interesting point about hiring manager (at new firm) providing new employee with attorney access to advise them on how to resign and conduct themselves post-resignation.

As the article then goes on to state, albeit buried, there is massive client/attorney privilege issues here - the client is the new employer and I'd be concerned about what got fed back to the client from the employee's discussions.

If you need one, get your own lawyer.

Re: What Not to do when leaving a company

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post #3

Interesting point about hiring manager (at new firm) providing new employee with attorney access to advise them on how to resign and conduct themselves post-resignation. As the article then goes on to state, albeit buried, there is massive client/attorney privilege issues here - the client is the new employer and I'd be concerned about what got fed back to the client from the employee's discussions. If you need one,…

This is important.

You shouldn't trust a lawyer someone ELSE is paying.

Re: What Not to do when leaving a company

#9

Interesting point about 'Exit Interviews'.

Perhaps the only interesting point. The rest seemed rather commonsense.

I've got an exit interview coming up tomorrow... got me thinking: any tips guys? I was planning on just going there, saying the typical 'i loved you guys, its just time to move on' guff and not saying anything incriminating.

Re: What Not to do when leaving a company

#10
I wonder what the 'get a lawyer' threshold is? I mean, as a SysAdmin or a programmer, I've not seen a reputable company even threaten to sue someone for leaving... the very idea smacks of empty threats from a crazy, entitled consulting client.

I mean, I'm all for getting lawyers when you need them, but if I've never seen it happen, is it worth the cost?

Maybe it's something that is more common when people who deal with customers (sales) leave.

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